ISU student gets Super Bowl internship

"I look at the field and I critically analyze it," said Kevin Hansen, an ISU student. "I critique everything now, it seems like. You want it as uniform as possible. Same color, same density and just all around uniformity."

Saturdays in the fall, Hansen was at Jack Trice field in Ames for his internship. Then he worked in Green Bay at Lambeau Field with the Packers.

"It was actually really nerve wracking because there are people around watching and making sure I don't mess up -- ruin the whole season for Green Bay," said Hansen.

But that's nothing compared to what's next.

"They said I got it and I can't even remember the rest of the call really. It just took a while to sink in," said Hansen.

The Boone native is the only college intern in America to work on the field for this year's biggest game, the Super Bowl.

"Still, I mean we'll have to repaint the logos because it's New Orleans. We don't know which teams will be there yet but it takes a while to get everything painted up," said Hansen.

He'll be helping while getting a close up view of what's going on.

"Some really big names. I mean some of the people who've been in it since the beginning," said Hansen.

Some of America's greenest thumbs are giving him the ultimate backstage pass.

"I never dreamed I'd go to the Super Bowl, let alone be right on the sideline for it," said Hansen.

Most fields get one coat of paint on the logos before game day. The Super Bowl actually goes over them five times to make sure the field looks perfect on TV -- a job that'll keep Kevin busy all week.

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